Prater & The Ballgame

EVERY THURSDAY DURING THE SEASON: Mountain View High football coach Brian Compton joins Prater and Mallory to talk about the Mavericks' season - his first after 14 years as the offensive coordinator.

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Boise State and our Midseason Awards - who's the team MVP (and who has the best hair?), BSU esports director Chris Haskell on the growth of his nationally recognized program, Bob compares Mountain West to other G5 leagues in Bronco Focus, Idaho high school official on how NIL became legal, Prep Rally with Mountain View coach Brian Compton, KTIK Best Bets with Lee Sterling, and do the Cowboys start Dak or Rush

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Ty Jones, executive director of the Idaho High School Activities Association, joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about the name, image, likeness (NIL) policy in Idaho. Student-athletes are allowed to take advantage of NIL, with a few rules, Jones said.

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BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-FRIDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about Mountain West football and how the conference stacks up against all G5 leagues this season (plus the biggest MW games for the rest of the month).

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Getting to know Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty - his Texas high school coach shares stories, Bob with a midseason review in Bronco Focus, how a local ad agency and its creative director brought Kellen, LVE and Justin Herbert together for a TV campaign, what are the greatest athlete commercials of all-time, how good is San Jose State (we might find out Saturday), and all P5 conferences have CFP hopes at the midway point

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Lone Star High School (Texas) football coach Jeff Rayburn joins Idaho Sports Talk to share stories about his former running back: Ashton Jeanty, now a true freshman and a backup RB on the Boise State roster.

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Kelly Knopp, a creative director for the Boise area advertising agency 116 & West, joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about the Kendall Automotive Group and how it brought NFL stars Kellen Moore, Leighton Vander Esch and Justin Herbert together for two days in Boise this summer to film an entertaining advertising campaign. The released work can be found at kendallspokesmasters.com

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BRONCO FOCUS EVERY MONDAY-FRIDAY AT 3:45 P.M.: Bob Behler, the voice of Boise State athletics, joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about football at the halfway point in the season. Where has the team exceeded his expectations - and where has the team fallen short?

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How are Dirk Koetter and Taylen Green spending their bye week with Boise State, WWE is headed to BSU in November to find its next 'superstar,' Bob with a volleyball/soccer report in Bronco Focus, Idaho State coach Charlie Ragle on missing last week's game because of a medical scare, former BSU coach Al Borges on his new book, Pokey Allen, Bryan Harsin and the Koetter-Green dynamic, and Johnny's NFL Penthouse/Outhouse

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National reporter Chris Vannini, who covers college football and pro wrestling for The Athletic, joins Prater and Mallory for a conversation about Tuesday's news from the WWE. The pro wrestling organization is hitting the Boise State campus in November "in search of the next generation of WWE Superstars.''

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